‘An Artist Must Be Free’ — Langston Hughes Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Oversized Tee

“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.” Langston Hughes wrote this in his 1926 manifesto “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” setting the artist’s own nerve above both white expectations and respectability politics. The freedom he meant was the freedom to make people uncomfortable — to choose the hard thing and then dare to actually do it.

**AS Colour 5082 “Faded Bone” — Oversized Tee (Cream finish).** 100% carded cotton, heavyweight 240 gsm, garment-dyed — each tee fades a little differently, so no two are identical. Oversized, boxy relaxed fit, dropped shoulders, wide twin-stitched ribbed neck, side-seamed, pre-shrunk (size down for a less roomy look). Care: machine wash cold inside-out with like colors, do NOT bleach, do NOT tumble dry (line dry in the shade to protect the garment dye), cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).